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In 2014, Louisiana was the state with the highest rate of poverty in the United States, with 23.1% of its citizens living below the poverty threshold. By contrast, the state with the lowest poverty rate in the country was New Hampshire, with 7.2 % living below the poverty threshold.
Without any government income assistance, either from safety net programs or other income supports like Social Security, the poverty rate would have been 25.3 percent in 2016, nearly double the actual 14.0 percent.